Podcasts about equity coordinator

Allison Budzinski, ASTHO Senior Workforce Analyst, tells us small and important steps to support the public health workforce; Shane Gausepohl, Communications and Equity Coordinator for Del Norte County Public Health, explains the Community Health Education Kiosk Project that his team has undertaken; and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, an ASTHO alum, has been named the new President and CEO of the Public Health Accreditation Board. ASTHO Blog Article: Small Steps to Support and Compensate the Public Health Workforce ASTHO Blog Article: Health Education Kiosks Meet Diverse Needs in California Community Public Health Accreditation Board News Release: PHAB Names Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP, As New President and CEO ASTHO Web Page: Stay Informed  

The next CDL information session is on December 19th from 5 to 7 pm. We willbe at UROC (University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-engagementCenter) located at 2001 Plymouth Avenue North in Minneapolis.

Pata Suyemoto is a feminist scholar, educator, curriculum developer, activist, and artist. Her work focuses on promoting racial equity in mental health and suicide prevention through teaching and advocacy. She advocates for equity and inclusion at all levels of mental health care, from grassroots organizations to state-level policy institutions. Dr. Suyemoto has spoken and written about being a suicide attempt survivor and about her struggles with chronic depression and PTSD. Dr. Suyemoto earned her PhD in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, where she researched multicultural and anti-racist education. She currently serves as the Training Director for the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association and leads the National Asian American Pacific Islander Empowerment Network. She is also a leader in suicide prevention at the local and national levels, serving as the Equity Coordinator for the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention and co-chair of the Greater Boston Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition. Dr. Suyemoto co-wrote an educational resource called “Widening the Lens: Exploring the Role of Social Justice in Suicide Prevention – A Racial Equity Toolkit.” In this interview, Dr. Suyemoto discusses how her identities as a Japanese American woman and lifelong educator have influenced her work promoting racial equity in mental health and suicide prevention. She shares her efforts to build a national network of Asian Americans with lived experiences of mental health challenges and emphasizes the importance of equitable partnerships with those with lived experience in research, advocacy, and therapeutic contexts. *** Thank you for being with us to listen to the podcast and read our articles this year. MIA is funded entirely by reader donations. If you value MIA, please help us continue to survive and grow. To find the Mad in America podcast on your preferred podcast player, click here

Adrienne “Ace” Billing - Smith is the Equity Coordinator for the town of West Hartford. @AceBillings on Instagram It was great to sit down and talk with Adrienne. We talked about: Being named “2022 Connecticut Remarkable Woman of the Year (minute 1.30) Dazzled Creations by Daisy (3.20) Shield Street IPA at WeHa Brewing and Roasting (minute 4.20) 3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being the Equity Coordinator (minute 5.20) Being a flight attendant (minute 6.40) Being a lawyer (minute 11) Being an Equity Coordinator (minute 13.20) Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford (CPCWH) (minute 17.20) CPCWH Events: Best, Worst, First, Last (minute 21) Friends of Feeney upcoming events (minute 25) Best of West Hartford Favorite Coffee - WeHa B&R (minute 27) Adrienne's Favorite Teacher (minute 31) Favorite Restaurant and 4 dinner guests (minute 37.40) Feeney's Vacation Guests (minute 46) UCF Golden Knights Basketball (minute 55) Recommendations (1.03) Crazy Questions sponsored by Donut Crazy (minute 1.10) Shout outs: Directline Media - www.directlinemediaproductions.com Third Annual “Be Good Friend” Toy Drive at Sockstarz on 12/10/22 https://www.facebook.com/events/1521381924999041 Hartford Wolfpack Fundraiser on 2/3/23 https://www.facebook.com/events/639548104328229 Johnny's Jog for Charity on 3/26/23 www.johnnysjog.com Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford https://www.concernedparentsofcolorwh.org Dazzled Creations by Daisy https://www.instagram.com/dazzled_creations_by_daisy Podcast Sponsors: Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/friendsoffeeney/support

www.commsolutionsmn.com- Our public schools have become evangelists for the equity doctrine. It's not good enough to have equal opportunities, because you have to have equal outcomes. Our school districts are spending tens and hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars on hiring Equity Consultants like Equity Alliance MN. They come in to do an "equity audit", to show you just how racist your school is. There's good news though, after they find out how racist your district is, they just happen to have the solution too. Problem... reaction... solution. These groups get tons of money from groups like the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the St Paul Foundation. Why do they need so much of your tax money, when the foundations are funding them? We share one of their parent surveys with you right on the air to show you how they use these questions to make a case to sell their own solutions to the school district. We also give our take on the early stages of the Ukrainian/Russian war. Don't worry, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are on the case! We're all doomed. Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode, Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We've launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast!” You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy! Don't forget that you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify!

Podcasting has transformed my life. I recently started a new chapter in life as I have accepted the position of Community Justice & Equity Coordinator with the Black United Fund of Oregon. I share a common story that many of you have heard, but also add on to the significance this position in the way that it checks all the boxes of narrow criteria I've set for myself as it pertains to working for someone else. Something that I've vowed not to do since I quit my job in 2018... unless, once again it fit specific criteria.

www.commsolutionsmn.com- Hiring an Equity Coordinator is all the rage right now in cities, school districts, and counties. That would be all well and good if equity meant the same as equality, but it doesn't. Equality is the equalization of opportunity. Equity is the equalization of outcome; two very different things. This is where certain groups of people play their little word games, making you feel all warm and fuzzy, while they undermine everything you believe in. Antiracism sounds good. Most people are anti-racism. But that's not good enough... antiracism (per author Ibrahim Kindi) allows for discrimination against "the oppressors" in order to level the playing field. What? I believe very few people are in favor of that. Yet in most cities, this seems to be a solution looking for a problem. Cities like Plymouth want to look like they are up with the times. I mean, who wants to get cancelled, right? So cities like Plymouth hire these equity coordinators to come in and search out the problems that may or may not even be present. They are tasked with looking at city core values, mission statements, and policies through the lens of race and inclusion. How about we look at things as they are, rather than tainted through a lens? There is certainly racism in our country (much of it by white liberals against other whites), but it's not showing its ugly face by the sins of southern slave owners resurfacing in today's whites. That's just not true. This is coming in to all of our cities, schools, and counties. We are hiring activists to come in and push their advocacy on our dime, rather than growing a backbone against the growing shadow of Marxism. Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode, Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We've launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast!” You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy! Don't forget that you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify!

The TRENDS podcast is a collaboration between the Community Foundation of Boulder County and KGNU. It dives deep into the community’s most pressing issues and explores the changes happening throughout Boulder County through the experiences of community members, especially those often rendered invisible by commercial media, to shed light on community challenges, solutions, and pathways forward for the county and the country. featured image: Fred Glover in line for a coronavirus vaccine. Listen to the Coronavirus Vaccine: Community Voices TRENDS podcast episode below: [embed]https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2021/02/Second_Corrected_Section_TRENDS_Podcast_mixdown.mp3[/embed] Subscribe to TRENDS on iTunes to get new editions automatically. Also on Spotify and Stitcher. It has been almost one year since the first lockdown order went into effect in Boulder County to curb the spread of the coronavirus.  People are experiencing COVID-19 fatigue and are anxious to know when things might start to return to some normalcy. [caption id="attachment_46685" align="alignright" width="271"] People being monitored in a waiting room after receiving their coronavirus vaccines in Boulder County[/caption] Experts and government officials tell us that, although the future remains uncertain, the timeline depends greatly on following precautionary guidelines, like mask use and social distancing, and on a large portion of the population getting the vaccine. CDC experts are still trying to determine the percentage of the population that needs to either get the vaccine or have had the disease to achieve herd immunity.  Most estimates are around 70 to 75 percent. [caption id="attachment_46679" align="alignleft" width="263"] Michael, a nurse at a Boulder County vaccine clinic, administers a coronavirus vaccine to Fred Glover[/caption] This is a very high number, not only because of the challenges in rolling out the vaccine program but also because not everyone is willing or able to get the vaccine.  The reasons for this are many, including fear, mistrust, medical issues, and those who choose not to get vaccinated. Fred Glover, a distinguished professor who retired from CU Boulder, got his first vaccine on an icy early morning in February. Glover says that it is unfortunate that some people are afraid of a vaccine. "If you don't get the vaccine versus the likelihood of having a reaction, if you do, there's just no comparison. It's all your chances of coming up ahead are just dramatically better, if you get the vaccine," he said. Glover lost a brother to polio when he was  14 years old, a year before the polio vaccine became available. "And my gosh, if we had only had that vaccine, my brother's death could have been avoided. And all of the people whose lives were saved by that vaccine is a testimony to the importance of getting a vaccine for a serious illness when it's available." Raquel Cagan, a neuropsychologist who lives in Boulder, was born in Colombia and worked primarily with young children, specifically in underserved and impoverished communities. She remembers a time when children were encouraged to donate 10 cents to help eradicate polio in other parts of the world. "I remember as a child well, and we moved to this country, you had to go and give 10 cents to the March of Dimes… my mom didn't have a lot of money, but I had my 10 cents and you went and you put it in a little canister with nurses there and that money was used to make the polio vaccines available to everybody. And it was this huge campaign," says Cagan. María Ester Peña, a local resident born in Mexico, is well known in the community for always speaking her mind. Peña says that she knows lots of people who do not accept the vaccine because they do not know the long-term effects. She says that since it is such a new vaccine, it has not been tested enough, and while it could be safe in the short term, the long-term effects are unknown. [caption id="attachment_46680" align="alignright" width="256"] María Ester Peña[/caption] “Yo no sé algunos dicen que no está probado suficientemente porque tal vez a corto plazo sí lo está bien pero a veces las vacunas tienen efectos a largo plazo años después y por eso muchísima gente desconfía'', dice Peña. Peña explains that she does not use western medicine because she cannot tolerate it. When she came from Mexico, she came with her bag of natural medicines, and she consulted her natural books. Peña says that many Latino people that she knows get cured with herbs and, more importantly, with diet… “Yo conozco a muchas personas latinas que se curan con hierbas y con dieta; desde luego que es bien importante la dieta.” Lizbeth Mendoza, a cultural broker from Boulder Public Health, says that her organization has to bring forward science and evidence for the vaccine. Still, she says the decision of taking or not taking the vaccine is up to the patient. "We understand, people have different ways of thinking and understanding their healthcare. Again our job in this now we're a style of medicine is to again, bring the science, the evidence backs up, the safety and the importance for the public health, we're seeing it now worldwide on immunizations. We know everybody has their own way of approaching their own healthcare, and it's okay. You know, we, and again, we use science and evidence, and there's where we are coming from. And all we can do is really bring it in and show it the best way we know that's what we know. And that will be a decision finally, of the patients." [caption id="attachment_46681" align="alignleft" width="284"] Jessica Pérez, Medical Assitant in charge of vaccine distribution, in Salud Clinica in Longmont[/caption] Mendoza says that some people will have immunity and some people will not, so the group of people that become immune are there to protect those who cannot get vaccinated, a concept known as herd immunity. "Some people will have more resistance to developing severe disease and other complications, and some people will not, but there's also a group of people who do not get vaccinated because they can't, they really can't. The group of people who are protected are immunized and will help protect the rest of the people," says Mendoza. Brigitte Mars, a KGNU producer and local herbalist who has written more than 50 books about the power of plants and healers, says the issue of vaccines has become very politicized and is dividing people. "It's almost like we have a silent enemy, and it really is dividing people even within families," says Mars. She thinks that we need to be paying attention to our immunity every day because it's not just the virus that is impacting our health. "It's cancer, diabetes, heart disease and strokes, and so many things. And the toxic mess that our environment is in, which is probably, you know, we probably do need to reset." Mars recommends eating as healthy as possible, colorful, fresh fruits and vegetables. "Things like sweet potatoes or baked winter squash with raw garlic on it. You know, when Dr. Albert Schweitzer was in Africa, and he didn't have penicillin or antibiotics, he used garlic. And so garlic is a Bronco dilator. We know that this disorder can create a lot of mucus and phlegm. So maybe this is a good time not to eat a lot of dairy products. Maybe this is a time to get off your allergens and your addictions. You know, if you're eating foods that are making you sick all the time, what are you doing? Like wake up. You don't have time for this. So eating all the different colors of the rainbow, blueberries, green, kale, purple cabbage. We know that there's many foods that are really good for our lungs and breaking up congestion, things like garlic, onions, cayenne pepper, ginger." While scientists and the medical community say the coronavirus vaccines are safe, Mars says that people are understandably wary. "Science has given us  DDT and mercury fillings and fluoride in our water. And you know, a couple of hundred years ago it was like putting leeches to draw out blood. So again, we don't always know the long-term side effects till a long time later." Mars says ultimately, people need to learn to take better care of themselves and their overall health. "Learn to honor your health every day… exercise, breathe that fresh air, don't mess around with things that are gonna make you sick and be in a state of mind because fear is probably one of the things that really compromises our immunity." Boulder County Public Health links and resources: www.BoulderCountyCOVID19.org www.boco.org/CovidEspanol Vaccine Page https://boco.org/CovidVaccine https://boco.org/CovidVacunas Notification Form https://boco.org/CovidNotificacionVacunas https://boco.org/CovidVaccineNotifySignUp Lizbeth Mendoza, Cultural Broker & Equity Coordinator for Vaccination Division Brigitte Mars, herbalist.

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Presenters:Aimee Kane, PHR, Equity Program Manager,City of Boulder, ColoradoRoberto Montoya, West Region Manager, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)Siri Russell, Director, Office of Equity & Inclusion, Ablemarle County, VirginiaManisha Paudel, Equity Coordinator, City of Des Moines, IowaResources:Government Alliance on Race and EquityPowerPoint Slides presentation that accompanied the October 20 Webinar: Improving Equity with the Right Tools

Inequity eliminator. Manisha Paudel, Equity Coordinator for the City of Des Moines, Iowa, joined the podcast to talk about implementing racial equity work and engaging with the community. She shared her career path doing equity and engagement work as well as how she works to normalize racial equity concepts and identify inequities in the City. Host: Ben Kittelson

Lesley Payne interviews Manisha Paudel about her position as Equity Coordinator for the Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission. The mission of the organization is to advance justice, promote equality and ensure the protection of human rights for all people in Des Moines through investigation, education, advocacy and community engagement. The Commission is charged with providing a "Public Service" to the community and is supported as part of City Government. They are an Impartial Investigative Agency, which seeks to determine through investigation, if a person was treated unfairly in violation of the City Code they enforce. The organization is community driven. They want to see and hear you at events. You can check their website for the most up-to-date information. If you have questions, send them to humanrights@dmgov.org

Three Parks and Recreation professionals from across the country joined GovLove to talk about their work. They talked about how they are working to be more equitable, from serving the Spanish speaking community to building parks for residents with disabilities or engaging young people. Learn how all three organizations are being innovative and using partnerships to provide better services. Kylie Bayer-Fertterer is the Equity Coordinator for Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District (THPRD) in the Portland metro area; Justin Cutler is the Recreation Services Manager for the City of Westminster, Colorado in the Denver metro area; and, Peter Cosmiano is the Director of Parks and Recreation in the City of Jasper, Alabama outside of Birmingham. 

This week we sit down with Lisa Graustein of Beacon Hill Friends Meeting. Lisa has been teaching at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, MA since 2007 and is currently the Equity Coordinator. She is also a facilitator with Beyond Diversity 101 (tm). Lisa talks with us about her experience living into evolving leadings that have guided the course of her life as a teacher and racial justice educator. She offers some keen insight into the ways in which the hurt and trauma that we carry, as humans, can be blocks to faithfulness. She also recognizes that the (Liberal) Religious Society of Friends is in transition: a period after harvest, where the fields aren’t filled with vibrant fruit but, the new plantings haven’t yet been put in. It’s a time of innovation and possibility! Lisa is open and vulnerable in sharing her experience. We hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

On this episode of Senior Beat, we speak to Toriana Pettaway, Equity Coordinator for the City of Madison about the City's Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative. We also speak with Sheryl Kato and  Serena Breining of the Rainbow Project about grandparents raising grandchildren.

On this episode of Senior Beat, we speak to Toriana Pettaway, Equity Coordinator for the City of Madison about the City's Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative. We also speak with Sheryl Kato and  Serena Breining of the Rainbow Project about grandparents raising grandchildren.

Eve Galanter welcomes Madison's new Racial Equity Coordinator, Toriana Pettaway, to discuss her position with the City and her vision for advancing equity in Madison.